This situation is not particularly obvious in third- and fourth-tier cities, but in first- and second-tier cities, it has become a phenomenon. Many old movie fans did not expect that "The Wandering Earth" would become so popular.
Moreover, Chinese people especially like to follow the trend, just like when they go to a restaurant to eat, customers of those restaurants that are empty will leave after just one look, while those restaurants that are full of guests and have to queue up to get a table have a prosperous business.
The less you can get, the better, so some movie fans began to complain to the theaters that the number of screenings for "The Wandering Earth" is too few. However, theaters are also in trouble. To be honest, the average screening number of "The Wandering Earth" is 38%.
It’s not a small amount, you have to give other films a chance to survive, right?
Moreover, theaters are now a chain system, and a single theater cannot adjust the film production without authorization. However, seeing that the money they received has gone away, the theater manager naturally has to report to the superiors. When the superiors saw it, they thought, then let’s increase the number of films.
It has increased from 38% to 42%. As for which unlucky guy has his film schedule cut off on the first day of release, he can only admit that he is unlucky. Can he still sue the theater chain?
Discussions about "The Wandering Earth" are becoming more and more popular on the Internet. In fact, to be honest, science fiction has never been a popular category in Chinese movies. In the entire cultural field, science fiction is only a niche among niches, and no one has it.
I thought that this once niche could actually cause such a big response.
What's more interesting is that in the past, major science fiction forums were ridiculing Han Fei for his whimsical plan to make a science fiction film. However, on the first day "The Wandering Earth" was released, many of the previous ridiculing posts were deleted and replaced by various posts.
Such a bragging post, it seems that the law of true fragrance has come into play again?
Of course, some science fiction fans still think that Western science fiction is better. Some people even posted that "The Wandering Earth" is completely pseudo-science fiction. There are no wormholes, no spaceships, and no interstellar travel. Is this still science fiction? No matter how you look at it, it seems like a science fiction.
Earthy smell.
So many science fiction fans began to denounce similar posts: First of all, some pseudo-science fiction fans would like to clarify a concept first, what is science fiction? Science fiction is not the same as complete fantasy. Science fiction is a kind of thinking that people are based on.
Existing science creates well-founded fantasies about what may happen now or in the future. Compared with Western science fiction, the science fiction in "The Wandering Earth" is obviously more realistic. If this is called "earth", then I
I would rather choose "earthy science fiction".
The camps of science fiction fans are beginning to have differences. After all, no matter how high-quality the debate on the Internet is, it will eventually lead to the same result: the other party is making fun of it, and then it becomes a war of words.
The battle among science fiction fans was still limited to some science fiction forums, and then extended to major literary forums, and then to novels, film and television forums. As more and more science fiction fans joined the debate, some of the "Wandering Earth" were not well known.
Known scientific knowledge has also begun to be known to the general audience.
After watching it, ordinary viewers generally have two reactions. The first one is Chadu Niang, looking at whether these chatty guys are bragging, and the other one is: Naihe is uneducated, what the hell do you say?
The whole world is in a state of confusion.
The debate about science fiction is only one aspect. More ordinary audiences, especially those who have not seen it yet, are more concerned about whether the film is good or not, and they are not willing to spend two hours to watch a science popularization show.
The key is whether the lecture and plot are attractive enough.
Therefore, the long review on Wandou.com made many viewers understand that this film is definitely not a science popularization lecture. The plot is quite exciting, especially the creation of the world view. It is simply amazing. The kind of despair that comes from the heart is very rare in Western science fiction films.
Absolutely invisible.
So, in the final analysis, it is still a problem. What should we do if there are not enough screenings? Han Fei has also begun to negotiate with major theaters. The number of films scheduled by Huayi Cinema has even directly increased to 50%, and some other theaters have generally increased to more than 42%.
, after all, who can hate money?
The day passed quickly. At two o'clock in the morning, the lights of "Feiniao Film and Television" were still on. Han Fei and his party were still anxiously waiting for the box office data. The box office was definitely overflowing depending on the situation. The key was how big it could be and whether it could.
Breaking the first-day box office record for a Chinese-language film?
Finally, Luo Yi pushed open the door of the conference room and was almost smoked out. He coughed for a while and then excitedly waved the documents in his hand: "Guess how many there are?"
Not only was this kind of behavior despised, but he was also "beaten" inhumanely. Han Fei snatched it from his hand and opened it, his mouth wide open.
"564 million, damn, did I count correctly?" Jiang Qinghou rubbed his eyes.
Luo Yi laughed and scolded: "What are you thinking? It's 564 million, otherwise what do you think it is? Forty-eight million? Don't make trouble, we are even a fraction more than that!"
This figure really shocked everyone present. 564 million seemed to have broken the Chinese first-day box office record, but it was not too surprising. After all, the previous film, which had a first-day box office of 553 million, actually had a poor reputation.
not good.
After the first day's box office data was announced, all the major media were excited. I originally thought that the box office record of 553 million would last for a long time. After all, the chance of this record was too high. Unexpectedly, it was broken in just over a year.
, and the success of "Wandering Earth" this time is definitely not an accident.
For the media, these are all areas worth making a fuss about. Just writing a few reports can make a lot of money. Isn’t it great?
The creative team did not sit back and strike while the iron was hot, and began to conduct road shows in various theaters to interact with the audience. In fact, Liang Chu, the male lead who played Liu Qi, went from an unknown small role to a very popular one. Even the best actress who played Zhou Qian was
Jia is also well-known to many viewers. Weibo fans have directly been promoted from a small transparent person with a few hundred followers to a popular blogger with 100,000 followers.
Of course, the one who has gained the most is Zifeng who plays Han Beibei. This girl originally had a very high popularity among the people. Her performance in "The Wandering Earth" is also remarkable, and her career has taken another step forward.
building.
After a big hit on the first day, it was like a snowball from now on. Han Fei didn't even need to push it, and the box office had already started to roll.
The next day, the box office reached 580 million. However, with the arrival of the working day, the box office of "The Wandering Earth" also declined to a certain extent. The box office in the first week was 2.53 billion, which is still some distance from the 3 billion mark.